The Father Rhine

I was born in Germany and have been back more than half a dozen times but have never gone down the Rhine on a ship, ever. We did it by car two years ago on our Mosel river trip but decided a boat trip was definitely overdue. Our goal was from Mainz to St. Goar were we would spend a few hours wandering before catching the return ship. That, by the way became another adventure, but that will be the next post.

We started early in the morning and the fog was still fairly dense. Once it cleared it was a perfect day with not a cloud in the sky. The ship, the Koeln-Düsseldorf, was not crowded and we snagged some nice upper deck chairs. That was later to change but for the moment it was very relaxing to cruise down the river through the fog in almost total silence.


The trip lasted four hours and anyone visiting the area should do this trip. If you are in the country on the third Saturday of September you can do this cruise in the evening for the special day called Rhine In Flames. I have never been fortunate enough to see it but hope to some day.